Sr. Electrical Engineer (Firmware & Electronics Design)

Senior Electrical Engineer opportunity focused on firmware and electronics design for rugged sensing and navigation systems, onsite in Lebanon, NH.

Responsibilities

• Design rugged electronic sensors and navigation systems for harsh environments including construction machines, agricultural equipment, military vehicles, and ships.
• Develop high-reliability PCB assemblies that withstand severe environmental conditions and deliver location, position, and orientation data with high accuracy over very long outdoor deployments.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to establish production methods that support high-quality electronics manufacturing.
• Identify, qualify, and manage key suppliers supporting electronic, software, and tool needs for design and development.
• Update and modify parts post-launch, qualify vendors as needed, and reduce cost on existing products.
• Participate in root cause investigations, corrective actions, process improvements, product testing and qualification, and product improvement initiatives.
• Develop and improve processes and procedures for new product introduction (NPI).
• Redesign existing products to reduce cost and address shortcomings in current designs.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. with 10+ years of industry experience, with primary background in electrical and embedded firmware engineering.
• Experience in mixed-signal, real-time signal processing, and communication device design.
• Experience designing for high volume electronics manufacturing.
• Additional experience in math, robotics, and physics is desirable.
• Required skills: Altium, ARM processors, C, C++, bare metal, RTOS, CANbus, Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, SPI, UART, I2C, DSP, PCBA design and bring up, high-speed and mixed-signal design and debugging, and RF qualification and testing.
• Bonus skills: UWB, GNSS, antenna design, Kalman filters, vendor identification/qualification/relationship management, quality management, price negotiation, and domestic and overseas sourcing and logistics.

Technologies

• Altium
• ARM processors
• C, C++
• bare metal, RTOS
• CANbus, Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth
• SPI, UART, I2C
• DSP
• RF qualification and testing
• UWB, GNSS
• Kalman filters
• PCBA design

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Location: Lebanon, NH (onsite)

Salary: USD 90,000 - 185,000 per yearly

Experience level: 10+ years

Education: B.S. or M.S.

About the Role

• Engineering opportunities exist at multiple experience levels.
• Position requires comfort working in a fast-paced and often uncertain environment while contributing to innovative solutions with attention to detail.

About SignalQuest

• Small-company environment with a focused, high-performing team.
• Emphasis on investing in team members and personal responsibility for direction and long-term innovation.
• Plans for about 10 million electronic sensors produced in Lebanon NH, with R&D, production, sales, and management located in a historic renovated brick mill building on the Mascoma River.